LEVEL 42 - LYRICS

Something About You

now
how can it be
that a love
carved out of caring
fashioned by fate
could suffer so hard
from the games
played once too often
but making mistakes
is a part
of life's imperfections
born of the years
is it so wrong
to be human after all

drawn into the stream
of undefined illusion
those diamond dreams
they can't disguise the truth
that there is something about you
baby so right
I wouldn't be without you
baby tonight

if ever our love
was concealed
no one can say that
we didn't feel
a million things
and a perfect dream of life
gone
fragile but free
we remain
tender together
if not so in love
and it's not so wrong
we're only human after all

these changing years
they add to your confusion
oh and you need to hear
the time that told the truth

you know there's something about you
baby so right
I wouldn't be without you
baby tonight
because there's something about you
baby so right
I couldn't live without you
baby tonight

(Counter Melody)

something about you
the way you are so right
I wouldn't be
without you here tonight
there's something about you
the way you are so right
I couldn't live
without you here tonight

some folks try
to multiply
from sunrise to sunset
leave behind
more of their kind
so no one will forget
but that ain't where I'm coming from - today
those easy girls don't turn me on - anyway
I wanna know where my pride has gone
the party's over
caught in a dream
inside this world machine
teachers teach
and preachers preach
of spiritual evolution
but this big I am
from uncle sham
just adds to my confusion
I've seen his face, I've heard his song - before
but I don't care what time he's on - anymore
I must have been on the streets too long
the party's over
caught in a dream
inside this world machine
I find myself outside your door
trying to make it like before
but you don't follow what I say
and I can tell by your smile
you're no longer a child
that part of you was buried yesterday...
. . . who knows
why they come and where they go
in this world machine?
it's the chosen fools
who make the rules
that don't apply to me
with their fast-car games
and counter claims
not my reality
and I don't know if I belong - today
I don't know why my friends have gone - away
I must have been on the streets too long
the party's over
caught in a dream
inside this world machine
(don't knock the system - we'll knock some sense in you
don't beat the system - there's nothing you can do)

I leave as I enter
another boy caught in-between
now all I can muster
are whispers to your screams
don't you remember
how you eased my disgrace
don't you remember
the love you saw in my face
perfected in silence
a physical presence
perfected in silence
a physical presence
I sought affection
but now I realize
a cold rejection
the movement in your eyes
but I can remember
when you shook against me
I can remember
when I saw what love could be
perfected in silence
a physical presence
perfected in silence
a physical presence
ain't what she did
it's the way that she did it
when I couldn't give
only she could forgive it
ain't what she did
it's the way that she did it
as long as I live
it's for me to re-live it...
silence...
part of the answer
is that there's really no escape
part of the answer
is that life can have such perfect shape
don't you remember
all the nights you shared in my disgrace
don't you remember
that the love that filled this empty space was...
...perfected in silence
a physical presence
perfected in silence
a physical presence

It seems true love is so rare
seems all I've known is deceit
your laughter fills the air
once more I'm sensing defeat
and I suppose you're leaving me now
I was so sure now I'm so full of doubt
and I suppose you'll be leaving this place
just like the smile you wiped from my face
this time
I always gave my best
your memory serves you so badly
some people kill for less
yet I'd still die for you gladly oh, so gladly
but I suppose it's my turn now
to play a scene that's familiar somehow
I turn the page and you walk away
not even love could bring you to stay
this time
walk away
you don't need me
once more I'm learning
in the depths of my despair
your lies confirming
true love is so rare
and I suppose it's my turn now
there's no more love only feelings of doubt
gone with the hope your words have erased
gone with the smile you wiped from my face
love is a ship we all hope to steer
through troubled times cross an ocean of tears
a midnight sea that swells in your eyes
takes just one look to know I'm still mesmerized
but I suppose you're leaving me now
I was so sure now I'm so full of doubt
I turn the page and you walk away
Not even love could bring you to stay
this time
Leaving me now
leaving this place
I watch you walk away with an easy grace

I know you live on my street
I sometimes wonder
why we don't meet
I've seen your face in the sky
twenty-five stories high
you never come down to earth
communication (communication)
could hardly be much worse
don't keep me here in the dark
I want to be your friend
your fears are way off the mark
every generation
sees it their own way
never learning their lessons
making the same mistakes again
it's not the same for us - as history fades away
it's not the same for us - you must hear me when I say
look out on this brave new land
think of the future
the future that lays in our hands
our leaders live in the past
we can change it
there's something to hope for at last
every generation
sees it their own way
why don't we learn our lessons
don't make the same mistakes again
(Chorus)
what dreams are you chasing now?
what are you living for?
the problems that we're facing now
nobody faced before
please don't reject me
in anger or in sorrow
you've got to accept me
if we're to make a better tomorrow
it's not the same - it's not the same for us

It just occurred to me
I must be blind
why do I try so hard to keep my cool
when I'm about to lose my mind
there was a vision
flashing by
of a summers' day I spent with you
of a child who never learnt how to cry
when those around me
fall in despair
I call upon my common sense
'cause someone has to care
a sudden decision
I can't explain
though I've often tried to change the rules
the game remains the same
for love
I've played the part so many times
it fits me like a glove
but I'm the victim
in the bitter end
I know you need me to be strong
l just don't know how much longer I can pretend
you always need me to be
a good man in a storm
it sometimes scares me
the further we go
just how much we understand
and just how much we know
so whatever happened
in our hearts
while making perfect sense of life
we still remain so far apart
you always want me to be
a good man in a storm
trying to fit the social norm
and be a good man in a storm
trying hard since I was born
to be a good man in a storm

She came thru the door round my place
she was not the same
I reached out my hand to touch her face
she turned her head away
her words flew in empty circles
reasons unexplained
I saw that her thoughts were somewhere else
we made love anyway
lying still in your arms
and the tears came down
she cried her pain
and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun
the tears flow on
she cried the pain she felt inside
as night touched the sky with moonglow
she opened up her heart
the tides of emotions ebb and flow
washing us apart
we talked thru the night in whispers
as the silent city lay
reasons she gave cut deep and hard
the dawn broke angry grey
lying still in your arms
heartbeats cold
she cried my pain
like thunder rolling thru an aching winter sky
heartbeats cold
her pain
lying still in your arms
but the tears came down
she cried my pain
and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun
the tears flow on
she cried the pain I felt inside
the future dissolves in the tears
the morning surrenders the years
how can you say our love wasn't real
when I can see how you feel
another time
another place
I won't cry for her
no more
the days go on
but the nights are long
I'll remember her
for sure
still in your arms

the spirit of the people
the spirit of the people
the spirit of the people
the rhythm has begun ...
old men with their protocol
lead us off to war
sometimes we don't even know
what we're fighting for
marching to the beat of their drum
leaders we no longer trust
told too many lies
the promises they made to us
were never realised
hear me now the chant has begun
nowhere left to turn
no-one left to turn to
voices raised in anger
they don't have the answer
our whole world's in danger
oil slicks on the ebbing tide
progress out of hand
blind men choke on swallowed pride
heads down in the sand
don't wanna see the damage they've done
trees destroyed by acid rain
falling from the skies
when our children place the blame
who will tell them why
hear me now the chant has begun
why is love so rare
all this talk of warfare
voices raised in anger
they don't have an answer
pass the word along
we can wait no longer
too much blind destruction
follow love's instructions
now the chant has begun
(chant)
make your choice there's no escape
add your voice, the chant has begun

Tell - me something
why do I always find it hard just to get along
try my best - for nothing
every little thing I do is wrong
feel it in my brain
driving me insane
round and round
the same old tune
"daddy's on the phone
you know you're not alone
turn that down
and clean up your room."
sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
in hot water
sons and daughters
(they don't do)
what they oughta
tell (tell) you something
music is the key to set me free
to the beat (on the street) I'm jumping
forgetting all the things they said 'bout me
here it comes again
chugging like a train
round and round
an impeccable groove
I know it's getting late
but I won't histate
can't slow down
got to do what I do
sons and daughters
(always in)
in hot water
wasting time
is a crime in their eyes
but I'm still young
so much time to decide - what to do ...
(I don't need confirmation
for my boyhood extrapolation
though I'm not sure of my direction
I have the groove for my protection)
here it comes again
chugging like a train
round and round
an impeccable groove
I know it's getting late
but I won't hesitate
can't slow down
got to do what I do
sons and daughters
(don't fall in)
in hot water
(when they fall by the way)
sons and daughters
(they don't do)
what they oughta
tell me something
where you staying tonight
your folks
have waited up for you
now they've locked the door
and turned off the light.